A notable railway anniversary occurs today. It was exactly 80 years ago on Saturday 21 July 1934 that the last of Brunel's timber viaducts in Cornwall was taken out of use after a service life of 71 years. The last timber viaduct in Cornwall was the one at Collegewood, Penryn on the Falmouth Branch. However Collegewood was not the last Brunel timber viaduct in use anywhere as that honour fell to two viaducts in the Dare Valley near Aberdare in South Wales. Mike Many thanks for the reminder Mike